Africa: WHO Calls for Greater Attention to Violence Against Women With Disabilities and Older Women

Older women and women with disabilities face particular risk of abuse, yet their situation is largely hidden in most global and national violence-related data, according to two new… Read more »

Africa: New Series Highlights the Importance of a Positive Postnatal Experience for All Women and Newborns

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN's Special Programme on Human Reproduction (HRP) have launched a new series on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal care… Read more »

Africa: One in Three Men Worldwide Are Infected With Genital Human Papillomavirus

A new study has been published in The Lancet Global Health showing that almost 1 in 3 men over the age of 15 are infected with at least one genital human papillomavirus (HPV) type,… Read more »

Africa: WHO Addresses Violence Against Women As a Gender Equality and Health Priority

Together with UN Women, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the World Health Organization (WHO) today launched the RESPECT… Read more »

Sudan: Top UN Officials Sound Alarm At Spike in Violence Against Women and Girls

Senior United Nations officials today voiced shock and condemnation at increasing reports of gender-based violence in Sudan - including conflict-related sexual violence against… Read more »

Africa: Global Congress Opens to Counter Harmful Marketing of Formula Milk

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) are hosting the first Global Congress on the implementation of the International Code of… Read more »

Africa: 152 Million Babies Born Preterm in the Last Decade

Of every 10 babies born, 1 is preterm - and every 40 seconds, 1 of those babies dies Preterm birth rates have not changed in the past decade in any region of the world The impacts… Read more »

Africa: Lifesaving Solution Dramatically Reduces Severe Bleeding After Childbirth

A new solution, known as E-MOTIVE, could provide a major breakthrough in reducing deaths from childbirth-related bleeding, according to a landmark study published today by… Read more »

Africa: Unitaid-Sponsored Programme Screened Over One Million Women for Cervical Cancer in Low - and Middle-Income Countries

Over 1 million women in 14 low-and middle-income countries have been screened for cervical cancer through an integrated prevention programme, delivered by country governments in… Read more »

Africa: WHO At the 146th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) - Statement At the 35th Session of the IPU Forum of Women Parliamentarians

The World Health Organization (WHO) was heartened by last year's IPU Kigali Declaration, when parliamentarians committed to stepping up our action for gender equality. Read more »

Africa: Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF) Supports First All-Women Health Cluster Leadership Training

As it works to relieve suffering and save lives in humanitarian and public health emergencies, one of the Global Health Cluster's priorities is the training of women leaders.… Read more »

Africa: Unitaid-Sponsored Programs Progress Toward the 90 Percent Treatment Target for Women With Precancerous Lesions

Two years following the launch of the Global Strategy, Unitaid-supported programs are paving the way for the achievement of the 90% target for treatment of women identified with… Read more »

Africa: Progress and Pathway Towards Elimination of Cervical Cancer Among Women Living With HIV

Two years on from the launch of the Global strategy to accelerate the elimination of cervical cancer, and documentation of the higher risk for cervical cancer that women living… Read more »